An Afghan worker holds a bucket of silk spindles at an old traditional silk processing workshop in Herat November 4, 2009. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

An Afghan worker holds a bucket of silk spindles at an old traditional silk processing workshop in Herat November 4, 2009.

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